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Say (an encrypted) hello to a more private internet. (infosec.exchange)

submitted 1 year ago by voxel@infosec.exchange to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Say (an encrypted) hello to a more private internet.

https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/encrypted-hello/

Nothing big, but kinda interesting. I'm excited to see how this will go 👀

#privacy #mozilla #firefox @privacy

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[–] Boring@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

DNS of HTTPS or TLS has been available for years, but it hasn't been adopted widely because the hello at the beginning if the three way handshake when connecting to a website ratted you out to your ISP anyways.